Thursday, May 2, 2013

1.02 Cleveland Steamers - RB Le'Veon Bell

In the real world: Bell is a big, bruising back who follows blocks well and will run—and sometimes hurdle—over tacklers. He's the reason why, last year, Edwin Baker left Michigan State a year early--no point spending your senior year at MSU knowing you would have to share carries with this dude. Bell split carries with Baker in 2010-11, but carried the load in a big way in 2012. Not a burner, but has quick feet and finishes forward. His 2011 stats are even more impressive when you consider that, in addition to the timeshare with Baker, he got those yards playing behind a subpar O-line. To kick off the 2012 season, he carried MSU to a victory over Boise State. After the Steelers drafted him, there were rumors that they were interested in trading Jonathan Dwyer.
In the TUFF world: In 2011, this team missed out on the playoffs by a narrow margin and looked like an up-and-coming team. But last year, the bottom fell out in a big way, as they had their worst year ever at 2-12. They dealt Maurice Jones-Drew to Green Bay and have selected Bell to replace him in hopes that he will supplant injury-prone Jonathan Stewart and disappointing Mikel Leshoure as their #2 back (assuming that they stick with Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch as their #1). You have to love Bell's job situation, with the potential for lots of carries on a team that employs a run-heavy offense. The question is, what will Cleveland do at their weakest position, which is wide receiver? They have Greg Jennings and Jeremy Maclin there, but precious little else.

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